DC Congressional Candidate Blankets Capital with Graphic Abortion Campaign Ads

An interesting story from http://www.lifesitenews.com/ about the D.C. campaign. This follows this post about the upcoming midterm election cylce.  For more that you can do to get involved click HERE!


 

DC Congressional Candidate Blankets Capital with Graphic Abortion Campaign Ads

By Kathleen Gilbert



WASHINGTON, D.C., October 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-life Congressional candidate in the nation's capital has taken advantage of campaign advertisement law to show graphic abortion pictures on four local stations during daytime television.



Missy Smith is airing advertisements in which she declares her opposition to the abortion holocaust while showing several images of the bodies of abortion victims.



"I killed two of my babies by abortion. I was told it's not a baby; they lied to me, they exploited me. Then I learned the truth, and I suffered for years," says Smith in an ad that shows victims of saline abortions and other procedures. "And believe me, I am angry; my heart has been ripped out. Obama, Pelosi, Reid, [Rep. Eleanor Holmes] Norton — they all support the murder of babies and the abuse of women by abortion. It's time to make child-killing illegal again."



In a second ad, Smith describes development of the baby in the early weeks of gestation, and condemns her opponent's support for their legal destruction. "This is murder," she states.



Although YouTube has pulled the advertisements, they are still available for viewing on Smith's website. (Warning: graphic.)



Smith has indicated that she does not actually expect to win against Holmes in the deeply liberal District of Columbia, and has stated she is running for office "with the express purpose of running political ads on tv of graphic pictures of healthy and dead babies."



"This is an unprecedented opportunity in our nation's capitol to show that abortion is murder. When people see the images of these murdered babies, no one can believe the lie that these are not babies," said Smith in a statement Tuesday. "The abolitionists showed the horror of slavery; we must show the horror of abortion."



An attorney for Allbritton Communications, which owns the local ABC affiliate, told Politico that local television broadcast channels are prevented by federal precedent from blocking the spots.



"Much as broadcasters may be repulsed by these graphic images and are sensitive to their viewers, Federal law requires stations to air the spots," Allbritton general counsel Jerry Fritz wrote, pointing to a 1996 case in which a D.C. appeals court ruled in favor of a Georgia pro-life candidate with a similar message.



The Washington Post reports that Paul Craney, executive director of the Republican Party in D.C., had tried to dissuade Smith from running the ads months ago, saying they were "out of sync with the city." "It wasn't really a campaign. It's just ads about abortion. If you want to run a campaign, it's about giving a different set of ideas that's about schools, that's about crime, that's about spending your money better," said Craney.



Smith lists on her website endorsements from Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ); Day Gardner, President National Black Pro Life Union; Rev. Walter Hoye, California Human Rights Amendment; Dr. Alan Keyes, Ambassador To U.N.; and Norma McCorvey, the Roe of Roe vs. Wade.